Noodle-making utensil



OCL 7 1958 K. nocHowlAK E-rAL 2,854,932

NOODLE-MKING UTENSIL Filed Oct. 29, 1956 SQ'SB g) IN VEN TOR.

United States Patent O N OODLE-MAKIN G UTENSIL Irene K. Rochowialr andHarold S. Rochowiak, Detroit, Mich.

Application October 29, 1956, Serial No. 618,932

4 Claims. (Cl. 107-14) This invention relates to cooking utensils and,in particular, to utensils for making noodles, macaroni, spaghetti andother edible cooked paste products.

One object of this invention is to provide a noodlemaking utensil whichextrudes the batter placed therein through the bottom thereof into acooking kettle beneath it and at the same time cuts olf the extrudedstrips or ribbons of material in suitable lengths for cooking andeating.

Another object is to provide a noodle-making utensil of the foregoingcharacter having a rotary or swinging blade equipped with llexible edgeportions or wipers which yieldably engage the edges of extrusionapertures in the utensil and urge the batter through the hole and thencut it olf into suitable lengths by a yielding shearing action.

Another object is to provide a noodle-making utensil of the foregoingcharacter wherein the rotary blade is in the form of a diametral platewhich, when held in a horizontal position, temporarily forms a bottom tothe utensil while the batter is being placed in the utensil, therebyserving as a damper so as to temporarily store the batter at the top ofthe container until the blade is rotated into a vertical position topermit the batter to drop into the lower part of the container.

Another object is to provide a noodle-making utensil of the foregoingcharacter wherein the rotary plate or blade is removably mounted in thecontainer so as to be detachable for cleaning, the resilient edgeportions or wipers being also preferably removably mounted in the bladefor cleaning and for replacement when worn.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparentduring the course of the following description of the accompanyingdrawings, wherein:

Figure l is a side elevation of a noodle-making utensil according to oneform of the invention, with portions broken away to show the mountingstructure for the rotary blade;

Figure 2 is a cross-section taken along the line 2-2 in Figure 1 Figure3 is a side elevation of the shaft for the rotary blade, removed fromthe utensil; and

Figure 4 is an enlarged fragmentary view of a portion of the bottom ofthe utensil showing the action of the blade with its resilient wipers inurging the batter through the extrusion holes.

Referring to the drawings in detail, Figure l shows a noodle-makingutensil, generally designated 10, according to one form of the inventionas consisting generally of a container 12 in which is mounted a rotaryor swinging blade 14 carried by a crank shaft assembly i6. The containerl2 is of roughly trough-shaped form having parallel sides 18 (Figure 2)integral with a semi-cylindrical bottom 20, the ends being closed byapproximately rectangular end plates 22 provided at their lower endswith feet 24 adapted to rest on the cooking kettle (not shown). Thesides 18 and bottom 20 are united with -lll 2,854,932 Patented Oct. 7,1958 ICC the end plates 22 in any suitable manner, as by welding. Thelower portion of the bottom 20 is provided with multiple extrusion holes26 preferably incompletely punched so that the punching or nearlycircular tab 28 of each hole has a narrow neck portion 30 which isintegral with the adjacent portion 32 of the bottom 20 and projectsupwardly at an acute angle thereto (Figure 4).

Fitted into aligned holes 34 in the opposite end plate 22 are flangedbearing members 36 secured thereto by screws or other fasteners 38(Figure l) and provided with aligned bearing bores 40 and 42 ofdiiferent diameters. Rotatably mounted in the bearing bores 40 and 42are the large and small diameter bearing portions 44 and 46 respectivelyof a blade-rotating shaft, generally designated 48, having an elongatedportion 50 of square or other non-circular cross-section extendingbetween the bearing portions 44 and 46 and occupying the major portionof the shaft 48. Outwardly of the bearing portion 44, the shaft 48 isprovided with a reduced diameter portion 52 upon which the hub 54 of ahand crank 56 is drivingly secured, as by a pin 58 extendingtherethrough. Outwardly of the smaller diameter bearing portion 46, theshaft 48 is provided with a still further reduced diameter threadedportion 60 which is adapted to receive a knurled internally-threadedhand wheel or nut 62. The blade 14 which is swingably or rotatablymounted upon the intermediate shaft portion 50 of non-circularcross-section is built up from a pair of similarly-shaped butoppositely-facing stamped halves 64 each having a trough-shaped centralportion 66 and trough-shaped edge portions 68, all of approximatelyV-shaped cross-section, with flat portions 7l) extending between them.The blade halves 64 are preferably stamped from sheet metal and thetrough-shaped edge portions 68 have slightly narrower edge flanges 72 sothat when the halves 64 are united face to face, as by rivets 74, withtheir trough portions 66 and 68 facing one another (Figure 2), gaps 76are left between the edge ilanges 72.

When the blade halves 64 are thus assembled and secured t-o one another,the oppositely-facing central portions 66 in assembly form a passagewayor bore 78 of rectangular cross-section which slidably receives themajor portion 50 of the shaft 48, also of rectangular cross-section. Theoppositely-facing edge portions 68, on the other hand, slidably receivethe rib-shaped bases 8] of resilient wipers, generally designated 82,having wiping strip portions 84 (Figure 4) projecting therefrom throughthe gaps 76. The base portions are of rectangular cross-section so as toslidably and removably fit the channel 86 of approximately rectangularcross-section formed thereby and open at the gap 76. The blade 14 andits wipers 82 are of such widths that in assembly they extend across thediameter of the bottom portion 20 of the container 12 into wipingsealing engagement with the opposite side walls 18 thereof at theirjunction with the bottom wall 20. The holes 34 in the end plate 22 areof course so located that the axes of the bearing bores 40 are locatedcoincident with the axis of the cylindrical bottom portion 20.

In the operation of the utensil 10, let it be assumed that the devicehas been assembled in the condition shown in Figures l and 2, with theblade 14 moved into the horizontal position shown in Figure 2. Havingmixed the batter with the usual ingredients and into the desiredconsistency, the user places the utensil 10 on top of a kettle ofboiling water with the feet 24 resting on the upper edge or rim of thekettle and pours the batter into the space above the blade 14 betweenthe parallel sides 18 of the container 12.

The operator then rotates the shaft 48 by means ot' i hand :faint st,ni'feby rotating the blade 14. The rotation of th' blade 14simultaneously drops th b'attr' onto the perforated bottom 20 of thecontainer 12 and forces the batter throughtheg rfo ations l2 6 thereof,the riitieit wijting 4s'jipjiitrfii-nisit I6i i e wipers 4it; tirgiiig'le matefiar throiig'iitha egifriis'iqii riait-anzil ana iirfiiig theextruded stiiig's of batte at theirtipfr4 r'lds. against the ea es o 'ffri@A tabs' :sasirie wiper pdii'ifis t nieve' yjie da ly oventh tabs 28wiih a wiping' action, as in` Pig'r'A, after sliding a'iong the'unber'forated [r't'ir'is ot the btfoin zu; Iii pic of a ibfi'y iiiaiioiiof iii@ shaft 50, it may `be Aswung to and fro to rock thebla'de bacharid f to eitrude ther ba'ttrl tlirt'ig'h the' extrusinih''olesl 6. 1

To disgssmbieaiia creati tiiritfefisii r6, the iii-ei im: screws Ithehand wheei or nutA 6%' from the threaded lidition arid piills outwardori the handle 56, withdrawing central squared nortionluslidably out ofthe ortzitoln square4 cross-section between the trough-shapedcentralrportions 66 of the blade halves This action frees the blade 14for removal from the container 12, whereupon theresiiierit wiers 82 canbe islid elndvvisc ofthe blade V,14 out of theirA respective grooves uorchannels 86.A After the container 12 has been cleaned, the wipers 8fandthe blade i4, as well as the crankshaft as sembly 16 may be thencleaned and reassembled by reversirilg, the foregoing nrocedure.

What we claim is: Y i Y 1. noodllImalting A utensil comprising areceptacle having a bottom wall of substantially semi-circularcrosssctionwith multiple extrusion holes therethrough, a shaft rotatablymounted in said receptacle with its axis coincident with the center ofcurvature of said bottom wall, and a blade mounted on said shaft andperipherally engaging said bottom wall,v said blade extendingdiametrically and continuously across said bottom wall between theopposite sides thereof and forming a substantially solid rotarypartition between said opposite sides with its opposite edges inengagement with said opposite sides of said bottoni wall.Y 2 .nAnoodle-makinguutensil comprising a receptacle having a bottom w all ofsubstantially semi-circular crosssection with multiple extrusion holestherethrough, a shaft rotatably mounted in said receptacle with its axiscoincident with the center of curvature of said bottom wall, and a blademounted on said shaft and peripherally engaging said bottom wall, saidblade extending diametri- Vcatty and continuously across said bottomwall between the opposite sides thereof and forming a substantiallysolid rotary partition between said opposite sides with its oppositeedges in engagement with said opposite sides of said bottom wall, saidblade having a resilient wiper removably mounted at each of saidopposite edges oi said blade and yieldingly gg'eable with said bottomwall.

3. A noodle-maid gutensil comprising a receptacle having ii litii w`linfsubstantially' 'seiciiicla' crosssection with multiple 'iti-'siii holestherethrough, a shaft rotatably irecimtted` in sait! receptacle with itsaxis coincident with the center of curvature of said bottom wall, and ablad iiiiiliid oii said shaft' and peripherally engaging said bottomwall, said holes having tabs extending upwardly therefrom and providingcut-oit edges cooperable with said blade with a rotary cutoff actiontlieifehetth ri 'sdi `te" the elatiife hibtloti between am btiit ja sai;man sages af Said riores. 4, A nood liil in utensil comprising a'receptacle hai/'ing a boitbiii vl/all of substantially semi-circularcrosssegctioii; withl mltiile extrusion holes therethrough, a shaftrotatably rho'unted iii said receptacle with its axis cairicidit withthe @einer of tiri/attire of said bait-0in wall, and bladel rn'li'ritdoil 'salti shaft and perlpherally engaging said bottom wall, said bladehaving ya resilient wiir on' cti pifphral eag' thereof yijetdinglyengagell with s'aitttdn vll, Sad holes hav'ng tabs eli4iiiaiiigiipw'iaiy tiiremm and prvidiiig cui-oir edges gaat-issie withsaid" wiser with rotary man action tlii'ebtii/eii in sfno'ns` to therelative 'tioh btiraii gaia wipers aaa Said elitair Aedges or Saidhaies.

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